U2 Heroes Lesson 1 Modern HeroesTeaching aims:To practise extensive reading in order to understand the main idea of each paragraph and guess the meaning of new words from the context.To use time linkers, especially adverbs and conjunctionsTo revise the use of Past Simple and Past ContinuousTo practise oral EnglishTeaching difficulties:To use time linkers, especially adverbs and conjunctionsTo revise the use of Past Simple and Past ContinuousTeaching Aids: computer and cassetteTeaching procedures: Ⅰ. Warming upT: Who can explain hero’s meaning in English? Have a try.S:T: A person, especially a man, who is admired by many people for doing something brave or good. Now think about who is hero in your mind?S: possible ansewers (Wen tianxiang, Yue Fei, Lin Zexu, Song Zhongshan, Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlain and so on) T: Yes. They are great heroes. They names have been recorded in history books. What character do you think heroes should have?S:T: brave, selfless, calm, honest, generous, intelligent, warm-hearted, romantic…Today we talk about Modern Heroes who do you think can be called modern heroes?S:T: teacher can show students some pictures. Finally picture is Yang Liwei. Have you heard of Yang Liwei? How do you feel about him?S:T: show a slide about information Yang Liwei (Born: June 21, 1965, Liao Ning Height:168cm; Weight: 65kg; Training : 1998-2003; Crowned: Space Hero.and say Yang Liwei is the first man to stand for Chinese to fly into space. He has become a spokesman of space industry. We can say he is national hero?Show some pictures about Shenzhou V How did you feel about China’s first manned space flight?S:T: The launch of Shenzhou V shows China is becoming stronger and stronger. As Chi...
